Takifugu
Sign in to saveTakifugu, also known by the Japanese name , is a genus of pufferfish with 25 species, most of which are native to salt and brackish waters of the northwest Pacific, but a few species are found in freshwater in Asia or more widely in the Indo-Pacific region. Their diet consists mostly of algae, molluscs, invertebrates and sometimes crustaceans.
Species
トラフグ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTetraodontiformes
- FamilyTetraodontidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 42
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Collections
- SIO, ANSP, USNM, CAS, MNHN, FMNH
- Recorded in
- China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia, North Korea
Research
1,207 papers- Gene Expression of Takifugu rubripes Gonads During AI- or MT-induced Masculinization and E2-induced Feminization.Endocrinology · 2021
- Classification of Takifugu rubripes, T. chinensis and T. pseudommus by genotyping-by-sequencing.PloS one · 2020
- Gluconeogenesis during development of the grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles).Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2024
- Rapid identification of Takifugu genus using visual loop-mediated isothermal amplification.Journal of food science · 2022
- Transcriptome changes of Takifugu obscurus liver after acute exposure to phenanthrene.Physiological genomics · 2021
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Distribution and conservation status
- Morphology and behaviour
- Toxicity
- Genome
- Species
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Takifugu, also known by the Japanese name , is a genus of pufferfish with 25 species, most of which are native to salt and brackish waters of the northwest Pacific, but a few species are found in freshwater in Asia or more widely in the Indo-Pacific region. Their diet consists mostly of algae, molluscs, invertebrates and sometimes crustaceans.
The fish contains lethal amounts of the poison tetrodotoxin in the internal organs, especially the liver and the ovaries, but also in the skin and the testes. The poison paralyzes the muscles while the victim stays fully conscious, and eventually dies from asphyxiation. There is currently no antidote, and the standard medical approach is to try to support the respiratory and circulatory system until the effect of the poison wears off.
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